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supersymmetric quantum mechanics

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Quantum field theory

Super-Geometry

Physics

physics, mathematical physics

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theory (physics), model (physics)

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Idea

Where a system of quantum mechanics is specified by

a system of supersymmetric quantum mechanics has

If we regard the Hamiltonian as the generator of the Poincare Lie algebra in one dimension, then the graded commutator [D,D]=2H is the supersymmetry extension to the super Poincare Lie algebra.

The data of a system of supersymmetric quantum mechanics may also be formalized in terms of a spectral triple.

References

  • Edward Witten, Supersymmetry and Morse theory J. Differential Geom. Volume 17, Number 4 (1982), 661-692. (Euclid)
  • Fred Cooper, Avinash Khare, Uday Sukhatme, Supersymmetry and Quantum Mechanics Physics Reports Volume 251 (1995), 267-385. arXiv:hep-th/9405029
Revised on May 17, 2013 03:13:05 by Urs Schreiber (82.169.65.155)